Empowered Patient Podcast

Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda. This show offers a glimpse into the latest innovations in applying generative AI, novel therapeutics and vaccines, and the evolving dynamics in the medical and healthcare landscape. One focus is on how providers, pharmaceutical companies, and payers are empowering patients. In addition, conversations often focus on how technology is empowering providers, care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and payers to improve patient outcomes and reduce friction across the healthcare landscape. Popular Topics Include: Virtual and digital health Use of AI, ML, and robots for clinical and administrative purposes Value-based healthcare Precision and stratified medicine Next-generation immuno, cell, and gene therapies Vaccines for infectious diseases and oncology Biomarkers and diagnostics Rare diseases MedTech and medical devices Clinical trials Population health Chronic conditions l Clinician and staff burnout Smart hospitals The audience includes life science leaders, researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, digital health entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, healthcare solution providers, students, journalists, and investors.

Developing a New Approach to Treat Multiple Sclerosis with Jesús Martin-Garcia GeNeuro

Dec 17, 2018

Jesús Martin-Garcia, CEO, GeNeuro discusses the need for new treatment approaches for multiple sclerosis (MS), a long lasting, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that affects 2.5 million people worldwide. GeNeuro is developing a potential new approach for treating disease progression, the largest...

Robust Pipeline for Treatments for Diabetic Eye Disease with Dr. Patrik De Haes Oxurion

Dec 10, 2018

Dr. Patrik De Haes, CEO, Oxurion discusses the need for new treatments for diabetic eye disease, a leading cause of blindness in people of working age worldwide. About half of patients living with diabetic eye disease respond poorly or do not respond at all to the current standard of care. Oxurion is working to...

Advances in Treatment of Presbyopia with Elad Kedar Orasis Pharmaceuticals

Dec 4, 2018

Elad Kedar, CEO, Orasis discusses CSF-1, the company's corrective eye drop being developed for the treatment of presbyopia as an alternative to reading glasses. Presbyopia, the inability to focus on near objects, is common after the age of 40 and affects more than 1.8 billion people worldwide. While glasses have been...

Precision Diagnostic of Cancer Therapies with Dr. Chorom Pak LynxBio

Nov 27, 2018

Dr. Chorom Pak, President and CEO, LynxBio was a finalist in the John G. Watson Quick Pitch Competition presented by the Tech Coast Angels and the San Diego Venture Group. She talks about using an advanced approach to diagnosing cancer by using a standard-of-care biopsy to create a living model of a patient's cancer,...

Non-Opioid Alternative to Managing Chronic Pain with Shiv Shukla NeuraLace Medical

Nov 13, 2018

Shiv Shukla, Founder and CEO, NeuraLace Medical is a healthcare entrepreneur with a passion for finding a new treatment for managing chronic neuropathic pain and the winner of the John G. Watson Quick Pitch Competition presented by the Tech Coast Angels and San Diego Venture Group. Their Axon Therapy is currently being...